El Paso City Code § 9.39.010 Definitions.
9.39.010 - Definitions.
A. "Ethanol" means a colorless volatile flammable alcohol with the molecular composition of C 2 H 60 .
B. "Facility" means a place or places of business which sells or supplies for wholesale or retail purposes gasoline motor fuel, including fuel transportation businesses.
C. "Gasoline motor fuels" means, for purposes of this chapter, any flammable liquid used primarily as a fuel for the propulsion of motor vehicles, but does not include diesel engine fuel, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas and products especially prepared and sold for use in the turbo-prop or jet type engines.
D. "Methanol" means a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol CH 3 OH formed by the destructive distillation of wood or manufactured from natural gas or coal, and used in combination with heavier cosolvent alcohols as an octane enhancer for addition to gas.
E. "MTBE" means methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether.
F. "Motor vehicle" means any vehicle propelled by a spark ignited internal combustion engine which is designed primarily for travel on public highways and which is generally and commonly used to transport persons and property over public highways.
G. "Oxygen content by weight" means a measurement of the percentage of oxygen in an oxygenated fuel.
H. "Oxygenate" means any oxygen-containing ashless, organic compound which may be used as a fuel or as a gasoline blending compound and which was approved as a blending agent under the provisions of a waiver issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
I. "Oxygenated fuel" means a motor vehicle fuel blend, whether leaded or unleaded, consisting primarily of gasoline and a substantial amount of one or more oxygenates, generally an alcohol or ether.
(Ord. 10524 (part), 1991)